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Solicitor advocate Robert Holland has joined Aberdein Considine as a partner and will be based in the firm's office in Edinburgh. He was previously a partner with Balfour and Manson LLP where he led the firm’s employment law team and brings over 20 years’ experience across a range of leg

Coulters has announced two new hires within its senior team. Jill Andrew joined the team as partner in August 2022, while Louisa Raistrick has taken on the role of head of estate agency.

A 52-year-old woman who fell down a concrete staircase outside a residential housing complex in Banchory has been awarded £17,000 in damages after a personal injury sheriff ruled that the company responsible for maintaining the staircase had acted negligently. Karla Hodgson sustained a traumat

Alexander Birrell Wilkinson (known to his friends and colleagues as Sandy) was born in Perth on 2 February 1932. His father was Captain Alexander Wilkinson who had served in the Black Watch for 36 years. After education at Perth Academy Sandy won a scholarship to study at St Andrews University where

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Secretive Saudi executions leave families in the dark

Deborah Clark, ICO upstream regulation manager, provides details of new FOI resources at the Information Commissioner's Office. We’ve been working hard, following the commitments made in our ICO25 plan, to make improvements to our freedom of information (FOI) services. We want to enhance the e

The WS Society is launching a new programme for its affiliate members. LexAlba Masterclass is designed as a practical, enjoyable and sociable network of practice area groups, in which WS affiliates can develop their careers in a specialist practice area – meeting, sharing experience and learni

Women are able to recall details of sexual assault and rape with accuracy, even if they have drunk – or expected to drink – moderate amounts of alcohol, a new study claims. A study conducted at the University of Birmingham found that women who had drunk alcohol up to the legal limit for

Non-psychoactive cannabis oil has been criminalised in Hong Kong as a "dangerous drug" on par with heroin. Though derived from cannabis, CBD products are legal in most of the world and have become a multi-billion dollar industry in recent years.

Pamela Rodgers has been promoted to partner at PBW Law. Ms Rodgers joined the firm in 2017 and her work includes civil and criminal litigation. She holds a master’s degree in international human rights law and is currently undertaking the diploma in forensic medical science at the Academy of F

Children with experience of surrogacy are "in favour of legal reforms", according to a new study led by the University of Leicester. Using a combination of age-appropriate methods, including a "unique set of playing cards", researchers have drawn out their views on topics that included how the legal

Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre (ASPC) is set to take up new flagship premises in the city, in a move that will see a former bank on the corner of Holburn Street and Alford Place transformed into a one-stop shop for people thinking of buying or selling homes in the city.

McDougall McQueen has announced the promotion of Noele Harraghy to partner level in the private client team. Ms Harraghy, a private client specialist who joined the firm in 2013, works closely with clients and their families to help them plan for the future.

Children cannot be compelled to visit their grandparents if they do not want to following a ruling of Italy's Supreme Court. A lengthy legal battle has culminated in a judgment from the court stating that grandchildren were not obliged to have a relationship “they do not enjoy, and do not want

Murray Beith Murray has announced the promotion of two solicitors to partner. Sophie Napier and Fraser Scott took up their new roles yesterday.